Li Zhang said: "Yang Xingmi and Sun Ru fought in western Zhejiang, causing a large number of people to flee to eastern Zhejiang."

Wei Fufeng nodded. He knew that the Tang Dynasty relied on the salt profit of Lianghuai and the grain tax in Liangzhe. The out-of-control Huainan Road blocked the Grand Canal, causing the court's strength to decline.

"If Yang Xingmi wins and the chaos between Zhejiang and Huainan Road ends, I wonder if Dong Chang from eastern Zhejiang and Zhong Chuan from Jiangxi will take the opportunity to advance to western Zhejiang." Wei Fufeng asked.

"My subordinates think that it is not. At least Zhong Chuan will only defend Hongzhou, because although Zhong Chuan claims to have 100,000 troops, most of them are refugees, and they need to consolidate their foundation." Li Zhang replied.

Wei Fufeng nodded and said, "This army also needs time to consolidate its foundation, so it can only develop its power southward. Wei Dan, the elder of Wei, once served as the governor of Guiguan, and Wei Zhou once became the governor of Lingnan Road, so he marched into Guiguan and Lingnan, and he was able to leverage his predecessors."

"What the Lord said is that Lord Weidan also served as the Jiangxi Observation Envoy. He was deeply respected by the people in Jiangxi and erected a monument of merit to demonstrate his achievements." Li Zhang echoed.

Wei Fufeng smiled. Wei was a great clan and had many high-ranking officials who had made achievements. The most awesome one was Wei Gao, who once served as the governor of Xichuan. His ancestor's achievements were famous in history and he once defeated Tubo and Nanzhao. For him, it was an invisible human desire for the remains.

"The existence of Zhong Chuan in Jiangxi is equivalent to a strategic barrier. Our army hopes to be at peace and make peace talks after capturing Tanzhou." Wei Fufeng set the tone of the strategy of staying at peace with Zhong Chuan in Jiangxi.

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Three thousand guards escorted the baggage and stayed at night.

During the march, Wei Fufeng cautiously used his scouts to inquire and guard against the enemy troops from Dongting Lake.

Wei Fufeng knew that Lei Yangong fled into Dongting Lake in Langzhou, surrendered to Du Hong, the governor of Eyue Jie, and occupied Junshan to become a naval army envoy.

Nearly noon this day, I arrived at Zijiang River. The Zijiang River originated from Guizhou, flowed through the junction of Tanzhou and Langzhou, and flowed into Dongting Lake. It is more than a thousand miles long and is a big river with surging waves.

The region where Wei Fufeng's army arrived was named Taojiang. The river flowed slowly eastward and had a ferry crossing.

Wei Fufeng ordered the transportation of the baggage to cross the river first. Soon in the afternoon, a fast horse messenger arrived on the other side and asked Wei Fufeng to cross the river.

The messenger, who was busy with dust, said hurriedly: "Report to the master, according to the investigation, thousands of troops from Shaozhou rushed to Zijiang in a reversed manner. The commander of Gansu had already obeyed the order to send troops to Shaozhou."

Wei Fufeng nodded after hearing this, and Li Zhang's face changed in surprise when he heard this. He looked at Wei Fufeng and said in dismay: "Sir."

Wei Fufeng turned his head and smiled, "I trusted me but the governor of Shaozhou. I will let someone know Gan Fengchi. If the Shaozhou army attacks our army with slanderous disobedience, then send troops to seize Shaozhou."

Li Zhang nodded lightly, his eyes showed a complicated look, and he lowered his head and said annoyedly: "How dare you not trust me?"

Wei Fufeng said: "Zhao Hai, you and Li Zhang are crossing the river now and escorting the baggage to Tanzhou."

The military envoy Zhao Hai respectfully accepted the order. He was originally from the Huben Guard and entered the Fufeng Army. He was promoted to the Ya General who guarded the city gate in Jinzhou.

Li Zhang was stunned and asked, "Sir, don't you go to Tanzhou?"

"Our army went back to Wuling County to defend the city. Our army felt that the governor of Shaozhou dared to surrender and backfire, and perhaps had collusion with the enemy troops of other forces. His idea might be to take the opportunity to seize Tanzhou and the enemy troops colluded with it, with the intention of Langzhou and Yanzhou." Wei Fufeng said calmly.

"Sir, I mean Lei Yangong from Junshan, Dongting Lake?" Li Zhang

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Asked.

"Just guess, you guys go quickly." Wei Fufeng urged.

Li Zhang respectfully bowed: "I sued my subordinates."

After watching Li Zhang and Zhao Hai leave, Wei Fufeng sent an order to return to the army and led a thousand troops to turn around.

After walking ten miles, Wei Fufeng ordered the military commander Cai Heng and the military commander Zhou Ning to lead 400 troops, one returned to Wuling County to assist in the garrison, and the other returned to Yan County to assist in the garrison.

Wei Fufeng led 200 elite troops to rush northwest, obviously heading to Shizhou, and naturally returned to southern Sichuan.

Walking in division, Wei Fufeng looked at the 800 soldiers who were gradually moving away, and shook his head helplessly. The battle in Tanzhou had changed. He originally hoped that Shaozhou would really surrender, but unfortunately, people were not in the past in troubled times, and it was unwise to expect the army to be domineering and keep their trustworthy.

Sure enough, the governor of Shaozhou deceiving surrendered and backfired, intending to rush to capture the king, Wei Fufeng could only change at the opportunity and adopt a evasive strategy to leave the dangerous place of war.

Wei Fufeng was concerned about E Yue army and Jingnan army, and was worried that the enemy troops would leave Dongting Lake and join forces with the enemy army in Shaozhou to capture the king.

Eight hundred soldiers actually became the bait to attract the enemy.

Wei Fufeng led 200 elite troops to escape from Langzhou, and he was unwilling to fall into the siege himself.

There are only 3,000 defenders in Wuling County, Langzhou, and their military preparations are average. Once they are attacked by tens of thousands of troops, it is difficult to defend.

Wei Fufeng believes that if he is not in Wuling County, the enemy may not be willing to assemble a large army to attack the city.

Only Lei Yangong, the naval envoy of the Eyue Army, was eager to take revenge, and Du Hong, the governor of the Eyue Army, would not pay the price that would be worth the loss to attack the city.

As for the Jingnan Army, if the King is not captured, it will never send a large army to attack Wuling County, Langzhou. The southern Sichuan army on the upper reaches of the river is eyeing it and goes to Jiangling thousands of miles a day.

Wei Fufeng's escape would not have a negative impact on the battle in Tanzhou. He seized the initiative and made a plan, ordering the invading Tanzhou military forces to take advantage of the situation to transfer Shaozhou.

As long as you win Shaozhou, you will be able to gain the recognition of the military and plan, so that Gan Fengchi will not make the greatest contribution.

After walking northwest for four days, I gradually approached the Yuanjiang River.

The Yuan River flows from southwest to northeast, and its main stream flows through Chenzhou on Qianzhong Road, flows from Chenzhou to Langzhou, flows through Langzhou and flows into Dongting Lake. It is a winding river that is no less than the Zijiang River.

When we could see the Yuanjiang River, the scout who was first exploring the way hurriedly returned and reported that there was an army of more than 30 people in Yuanjiang River, dressed as Tang army, not the Liaoren tribe, and I don’t know if it was affiliated there.

After hearing this, Wei Fufeng ordered the soldiers to attack and round up. Two hundred soldiers were ordered to move and quickly rushed to the riverside in groups. All the two hundred soldiers were elite and agile.

In fact, one hundred people were the Hu Ben Guards wearing armor and shields, fifty were crossbow soldiers with short swords, and fifty were spearmen.

On the banks of the river, more than 30 soldiers were scattered and resting, most of them were wearing leather vests, several wearing chain mail, and two figures in blue Confucian robes, sitting diagonally on the rocks by the river.

The sword and shield soldiers rushed to the river like a herd of cattle, surrounding more than 30 soldiers in an arc. The scattered soldiers shouted in horror and grabbed the weapons, shrinking and gathering to form an external formation.

"I don't want to put down my weapons and lie down." Many sword and shield soldiers shouted intimidation, and the spearmen and crossbow soldiers behind them stopped in the army.

"Who are you?" a chain mail character asked loudly.

"Put down your weapons." A tooth general responded coldly.

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Who are you? We should not be hostile to you." The Chainmail character responded.

"Phone who is talkative, shoot and kill." Wei Fufeng walked up and ordered loudly.

Bang bang bang! More than a dozen crossbow soldiers quickly moved their crossbows and aimed at them, and Zun Ling fired crossbow arrows.

The chain mail character jumped in horror and swung his knife. He was shot by five crossbow arrows in an inescapable way. He fell to the ground with screams and struggled and twisted.

"Put down your weapons and lie down." Ya will threaten.

"Everyone put down their weapons." A middle-aged man in green robe said, and the soldiers surrounded him dropped their weapons and lay down. In the end, only two people in green robe stood.

"I am in Xiayuezhou. How dare you ask which army you are?" the middle-aged man in green robe asked with a calm expression.

"Separate and detain, interrogate, and search." Wei Fufeng gave a cold order, turned around and walked to wait for the letter.

A moment later, his subordinates brought in two men in green robe and sent two documents, reporting that the group came from the E Yue Army. One of the two men in green robe was a staff member of the governor of Yuezhou, and the other was a subordinate of the Jingnan Army of Jiangling Prefecture.

Both of them were seventh-rank civil servants and were ordered to go on a mission to Sizhou with the intention of reaching an alliance with the Tian family of Sizhou and the Yang family of Bozhou.

Interrogation learned that 10,000 Eyue troops crossed Dongting Lake and attacked Langzhou, and the specific situation was unclear.

After reading the official document, Wei Fufeng looked up at the two men in green robe and asked, "What are you planning?"

"Please forgive me, sir, we are just minor officials who are seeking life and are willing to do things." A man in green robe bowed in panic.

"Are you a subordinate of Cheng Feng?" Wei Fufeng asked.

"Yes, the minor official is just doing his orders, just a messenger." The man in the green robe replied respectfully.

"Did Cheng Feng also go on a mission to Fengxiang Army?" Wei Fufeng asked.

The man in green robe was stunned and replied: "Yes, sir, you know."

"I am guessing that if we cannot join forces with Fengxiang Army, the Tian family in Sizhou will be futile. The Tian family in Sizhou is conservative. Even if we are greedy for Qianzhou, we must worry about whether we can defend it. The Tian family will not believe it. Cheng Xian will never invade Qianzhou." Wei Fufeng said.

"Sir, the Tian family in Sizhou is indeed conservative, but the Tian family will not be willing to govern Qianzhou for a long time. The southern Sichuan army is strong over time and will inevitably threaten the Tian family's territory." The man in the green robe retorted respectfully.

Wei Fufeng nodded and said, "What you said is reasonable. In order to inherit and survive, the Tian family was afraid of the power of the Southern Sichuan Army."

"What the lord said is very much." The man in the green robe complimented.

Wei Fufeng thought something, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "This time the E Yue army attacked Langzhou, has Du Hong come?"

"Sir Hui, Envoy Du is in charge of Ezhou. The commander of the Dumai Army and Horse Army Wu Sanlang." Another man in green robe hurriedly replied.

"E Yue Army only came 10,000. Since Cheng Wen participated in the mission alliance, why was there no Jingnan Army this time that he attacked Langzhou?" Wei Fufeng asked.

"Mr. Hui, Cheng Envoy refused to join forces and said he was worried about the mistakes in Jiangling Prefecture. Du Envoy was also worried about the mistakes in Ezhou and was only willing to send 6,000 troops. In fact, this time, the troops sent out this time were out of Lei Yangong's request. He heard that Lei Yangong had joined forces with the governor of Shaozhou and Zhou Yue of Tanzhou." Another man in green robe replied.

Wei Fufeng smiled and said, "Let's go, I will go to Sizhou with you."

"Ah? I'm going to Sizhou? I don't know where the adults belong?" The man in green robe asked in surprise.

Wei Fufeng ignored it and ordered the prisoners to set off, turn around, go up the Yuan River, and head southwest to Chenzhou.

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